Corn and wheat closed lower and soybeans closed higher. All three markets opened higher after a higher trade overnight. Lower outside markets and sharply lower meat markets drove prices lower shortly afterwards. The recent rally in grain prices and continued “collapse” in hog prices and Milk prices have quickly erased any hopes for those producers of having any profit margins. Eventually, something will need to “give”. Either the producers will need to liquidate more or grain prices will need to have a serious break. Right now, it looks like we could see a combination of the two.

Informa also came out with some production estimates around 10:30. They estimate the national corn yield at 157 and the soybean yield at 41.6 currently. If weather remains favorable however, they estimate final yields at 164 bu./acre for corn and 43.5 bu./acre for soybeans. This had mixed reactions and caused the soybeans to trade from 10 higher to 10 lower and back to 15 higher on the close. Corn and wheat broke sharply after the Informa numbers and were never able to fully recover. Late buying in the soybean complex helped soybeans close on new highs for the move and pulled corn prices 8-cents off of the lows. Soybeans are still the favorite and buying continues to enter late in the day. Soybeans are still flirting with some very large technical price levels and the bulls are trying very hard to get prices above these levels in the hope of drawing in some additional buying. The dollar index made new lows for the move and the stock market rallied very sharply as we went into the close. Money continues to chase all of the markets in tandem, and this continues to provide opportunities in our markets.

The extended weather models continue to struggle with a solid outlook for the weeks ahead. Most have a strong system over the next 60 hrs to impact 70% of the Midwest, with exact locations still fuzzy. Then most models have a “ridge” setting in over the Midwest during this coming weekend. Then the models differ. Some are calling for a continued ridge and others are calling for a return to cool and wet conditions. Obviously these two different scenarios will have very different impacts on the crops. These weather “runs” come out every 12 hrs. and this is responsible for some of the sudden moves we are seeing as well. We put out some new hedge recommendations today, so make sure you have read them and give us a call if you have any questions.

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